posted Nov 28th, 2017 - The latest scores on the NSL leaderboard came from the Netherlands, where Indoor Skydive Roosendaal held its annual Grand Prix 8-round competition. The event featured the AAA Class winner ISR FireFlash, which might be the most improved 4-way team of the year.

The NSL News had introduced FireFlash with the story on 12 January 2017 and followed up with the team's progression throughout the six 4-way events that FireFlash has attended ever since. The FireFlash members were also NMP PCH HayaBusa's 8-way partners and competed at three meets with the Fly-In Machine 44.

Last weekend's 27.3 average beat the team's previous 24.2 indoor average at the World Challenge 2017 by far and did not allow any other team to get close. Even Italy's top team Amnesya could not keep up after the previous 3-point difference between both teams in Bedford. Amnesya had HayaBusa's tail Jeroen Nollet in the lineup who replaced Antonio Delogu in Roosendaal.

FireFlash is still a shooting star story, even though the Belgian team is now well known in the world's top level of 4-way competition. In fact, the two former Thunder ISR members, Sven Ibens and Wesley Claessens, are on their way with the other two FireFlash members, Maya Van Campenhout and Glenn Cuylaerts, to get back to the world's top amateur level that they owned with their former team.

ISR Grand Prix 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		21,17,12	B,H,Q,10	D,9,K,P	18,22,F	3,G,O,M	16,L,N,E	11,J,15	2,C,A,14	Total	Avg
1	ISR Fire Flash	BE	18	34	37	21	31	30	24	23	218	27.3
2	Amnesya Fly In	IT	20	29	31	19	31	26	24	25	205	25.6
3	Tenanine	MR	17	29	24	21	27	23	20	21	182	22.8
4	Monaco Indoor Skydive Team	MC	16	25	31	17	25	24	21	19	178	22.3
5	Team White Project 20+	NL	17	25	30	16	24	21	19	18	170	21.3
6	HF Flying Circus	CZ	17	28	29	17	20	21	19	18	169	21.1
7	Out Of The Blue	NL	15	25	31	14	22	22	18	18	165	20.6
8	JETMAX	BE	14	23	29	17	23	22	17	19	164	20.5
9	Flyzone Les Affranchis	FR	14	24	21	15	20	21	18	15	148	18.5
10	Skycentrum	CZ	12	17	23	11	18	18	14	14	127	15.9
11	Gravity Abuse	BE	13	18	21	13	17	16	14	13	125	15.6
12	Crash Test Dummies	BE	12	16	17	12	16	16	14	16	119	14.9
13	Cool Runnings	NL	13	18	16	8	16	15	11	15	112	14.0
14	4igami	NL	11	13	18	10	13	11	10	11	97	12.1
15	Blue Rebels	GR	11	12	18	11	12	10	7	11	92	11.5

Inside Center Sven Ibens, who is one of the original NMP PCH HayaBusa members, said that his team was "extremely happy with our performance and the progression that we have shown in our first year as a team".

He said that a few rounds in Roosendaal could have been better, while the whole performance was "on par". He is convinced that FireFlash is capable of much more, and the 2018 training and meet plans are set.

There are no 8-way plans with the Fly-In Machine 44, as the HayaBusa focus is only on 4-way next year, and FireFlash will do the same.

FireFlash aims at 250 training jumps and 12 to 15 hours of indoor training, which will probably lift the performance level quickly above the 20+ average outdoor level.

Thunder ISR concluded the team's career with a 29.3 average at last year's ISR Grand Prix, and it would be no big surprise if ISR FireFlash finishes on the same scoring level at the 2018 event. Thunder's highest 10-round outdoor average was the 22.9 at the Tomscat Trophy 2014, which might be a target for FireFlash in the near future.

In the meantime, former Thunder member Paul Hofstee is taking care of the newer 4-way generation on the Dutch side. The NSL News had introduced the Dutch Formation Skydiving Project 20+ with the story on 30 May 2017.

The 4-way project included four teams, and the 4th lineup was planned to be developed only with indoor training and competition at the beginning. New 4-way competitors Ralf Pijnenburg and Rick Verbunt would train regularly with two members of Team Orange as player coaches.

Team Orange member Paul Hofstee now guided Team White through its first indoor competition, and the 21.3 average is a very promising starting point. Bart Daenen completed the White lineup.

He is the videographer for project team Out of the Blue. His team does not need him at an indoor competition, and he could join Team White at the ISR Grand Prix.

Out of the Blue beat the 20+ benchmark and still had to allow the White indoor experts to place ahead. Paul Hofstee's Thunder team mate Jacco van Eerden is training and competing with him for Team Orange, as well. Team Orange attended two outdoor meets this year and did not compete at the ISR Grand Prix.